I don’t know about you, but I’m so glad it’s Friday. Work wore me out!

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Speaking of Friday…

Would you rather give up concealer or give up blush? YOU MUST CHOOSE!

Doomsday approaches… Aliens have landed, and they’re toying with us all. To save the world, you’re told to either make out with Ben Affleck or Matt Damon. YOU MUST CHOOSE!

Would you rather be missing every other tooth (jack o’ lantern style) or have hands that are totally covered in fur (palms included)? And, no, you can’t wear dentures or shave/wax your hands. YOU MUST CHOOSE!

You’re forced to spend 72 hours alone in a dark closet with either Heidi Montag or Spencer Pratt. YOU MUST CHOOSE!

The supernatural world beckons; you must answer the call. Would you rather be a werewolf or a vampire? YOU MUST CHOOSE!

Whom would you most want to have a cup of coffee with (living or deceased)? YOU MUST CHOOSE!

You *finally* land your dream job as an (insert dream job here)! Turns out, though, that a new company policy requires you to wear a uniform to work. You’re given two choices:

YMC 1: Concealer or blush? I would give up concealor because I could use a blush to cover up darkness undereye…

YMC 2: Ben or Matt? I would make out with Ben Affleck. There is something cute about him.

YMC 3: Jack oâ€™ lantern teeth or hairy hands? I would say hairy hands because I could buy some fierce leather gloves.

YMC 4: Heidi or Spencer? I choose Spencer. Heidi is annoying.

YMC 5: Werewolf or vampire?I would be rather be a vampire. Vampires are sexy.. I could do the smokey eye look at anytime during the day.

YMC 6: Cup of coffee with? Damn this is a toughie.. I would say Oprah.

YMC 7: (insert dream job here); Unitard or Hammer Pants? I am the new makeup artist for fashion week in NY and Milan and my uniform of choice would be hammerpants. The right top would make this all work

YMC 1: Concealer or blush?– I’d ditch the blush for sure. NARS Orgasm will not cover up a pimple, so don’t even try.

YMC 2: Ben or Matt?– If it was about dating, I’d choose Matt, hands-down. But just for making out??? I’m gonna hafta go with Ben on this one. If it’s good enough for Jennifer Garner, it’s good enough for me.

I do play a few instruments–started out with piano then learned
violin, and then was a big ol’ band geek and played the sax. I’m trying to teach myself the guitar, but it’s tough! I can sing too–I’m decent, not great–but it would be awesome to make a living as a musician! Some of my friends are musicians and while it’s pretty tough they do love what they do. Sigh, someday 😉

I was a big ole band geek, too, back in the day. It didn’t occur to me that marching around on a field with an instrument was kinda dorky until three years ago. It was like a sudden bold of lightning hit me, too, when I realized it, and I actually had to call my best friend, Jen, when the revelation hit me (“We walked around on a field with instruments and uniforms and we were being SERIOUS!”), ha ha ha!

But yah, I’d love to be a musician, too. In a parallel universe I think I’d be in an orchestra as a flute player, or as a singer in a piano bar.

Did you play alto sax? The other day I was listening to the Duran Duran’s greatest hits album, and it hit me that the alto sax solo virtually disappeared in pop music after the 80s. Ahh, good times.

YMC 2: Ben or Matt?
Niether are my type… ew. BUT if the world was coming to an end I would HAVE to say Ben. I mean HE broke up with Jlo. Now that’s a confident dude.

YMC 3: Jack oâ€™ lantern teeth or hairy hands?
oh dear… I have no answer for this one… not even a smart ass answer… hmmm… hairy hands I guess. ew.

YMC 4: Heidi or Spencer?
Can I bang my head on the closet door until a give myself a concussion? hahhah… no but seriously Hiedi. She seems like she has NO opinion on anything and would just pick at her split ends… or if worse comes to worse. I can take ‘er down. One punch to the face 😡

YMC 1: Concealer or blush?
Concealer, there’s nothing better than glowy healthy cheeks, besides, it covers a bigger portion of your face 🙂
YMC 2: Ben or Matt?
Matt, dude, they guy Ben is married, not interested in being a 3rd party 🙂
YMC 3: Jack oâ€™ lantern teeth or hairy hands?
hairy hand, at least they will be soft, and you NEED good teeth for a hot makeout hehehe 🙂
YMC 4: Heidi or Spencer?
Spencer, at least he won’t squish me with his man boobies 🙂

YMC 5: Werewolf or vampire?
Vampire, they are kind of sexy 🙂
YMC 6: Cup of coffee with?
ummm…Martin Luther King, i wonder what’s he like 🙂
YMC 7: (insert dream job here); Unitard or Hammer Pants?
ionno what they are :S but i’ll choose whatever is the most comfy

I’d really like to be a novelist but I writing articles for magazines (and possibly newspapers) is also something that interests me–I could do both of them but my main focus would be novels. I have been working on a novel but I felt it wasn’t living up to the way I had planned so I gave it a break, but I’m eager to get back to it and steer it in the right direction. As far as magazine articles, I thought the best sort of experience for this would be to pick a topic(eg., social issues that challenge young girls), research it and write an article that could be featured in a magazine and then just send it to a few magazines to see who would be interested in publishing it. Does this seem plausible? I know you have some experience with this arena 🙂

hi karen! hope you’re weekend is filled with much makeup fun! i love these YMC columns, i especially like doing them at work with my morning cup of coffee!

YMC 1: Concealer or blush? blush. i would rather look like a member of the living dead rather (which looks cooler with MAC russian red) than have to give up concealer (but keep the glowy blush) that would hide my perpetual dark circles (too many late nights partying at shady salsatecas cubanas) – no concealer, no blush anyway!

YMC 3: Jack oâ€™ lantern teeth or hairy hands? mmm this is a very very tough one… i’ll have to go with the hairy hands, i have this phobia of losing my teeth, so that would be my worst nightmare confirmed!

YMC 4: Heidi or Spencer? eh, heidi? i don’t even know who this spencer guy is.

YMC 1: Concealer or blush? Blusher. I cannot live without my concealer. My dark circles are perennial.
YMC 2: Ben or Matt? Matt. I sort of like Matt Damon ever since I first saw him on screen. Ben – NO.
YMC 3: Jack oâ€™ lantern teeth or hairy hands? Hairy hands. At least I can speak.
YMC 4: Heidi or Spencer? Heidi.
YMC 5: Werewolf or vampire? Vampire. Kind of fun to be The Count.
YMC 6: Cup of coffee with? Coco Mademoiselle.
YMC 7: (insert dream job here); Unitard or Hammer Pants? Professional Critique (on everything and anything). Oh man… this is tough. I hate both of them but I choose Unitard for the same reason. I don’t think I can move much in Hammer Pants.

YMC 7: (insert dream job here); Unitard or Hammer Pants? I don’t know what my dream job would be but I know that I would want it to fulfill me in so many different ways. I would wear the Unitard — you never know when you need to push it real good. The Hammer Pants can get in the way.

Hahaha, oh yeah, Karen, it was totally alto sax! (And you’re right–it’s totally non-existent in pop music nowadays. Guess that explains my obsession with Michael Buble…well, ok, to be fair, his band. What a hot bunch of guys–and they’re sweet too! Most of them, at least!) My best friend, who lives up in Vancouver, also played the alto sax in band, and yup, those flashes of “OMG I can’t believe we did that” hits us every now and again. 😉 Hey, it builds character!

YMC 7: (insert dream job here); Unitard or Hammer Pants? Professional club hopper/bartender. I’d pick the unitard fit, and also add in the bamboo earrings, at least two pair (That’s a whole other song though, LOL! Know which one I’m talking about?).

1) Give up the blush and just pinch your cheeks red.
2) Wasn’t really into Matt…but I’ve seen the light since then. Ben was a non-factor.
3) Hairy hands! At least they’d be soft.
4) Who’s Heidi Montag? Who’s Spencer Pratt?
5) I’d have to go with werewolf. Cage me up when the moon is full!
6) Coffee with Tim Gunn. Fashionable, Talented and Chic-Gay. The trinity of personalities.

I better check Tuttle Mori then. 🙂 My background is actually in education – which is why I’ve been interviewing at schools here in HNL before fall starts for the private schools around here. I actually don’t mind teaching, since I love kids… but someday, I’ll get around to working on my own book, since I’ve been writing fiction again.

YMC 4: Heidi or Spencer? I actually have no idea who either of them is, so I’m gonna skip this one!

YMC 5: Werewolf or vampire? Vampire. My logic is that Ryan Reynolds was a vampire hunter in Blade Trinity. If there was an invasion, the government would remember he’d played that part and recruit him because of his vampie knowledge – thus I’d get to at least be near to his gorgeousness….right before he killed me!

YMC 6: Cup of coffee with? Kevin Smith. He rocks.

YMC 7: (insert dream job here); Unitard or Hammer Pants? This is awful, but I don’t really have a dream job. I still don’t really know what I want to do with my life. I guess I’d go with the unitard/boots combo.

Hope your weekend has startd well! I’m thrilled that I just have 3 & 3/4 more hours of work until my time off. Woo!

YMC 1: Concealer or blush? Blush. I was always scared of blush when I started to wear makeup in high school. I’d rather conceal my imperfections.

YMC 2: Ben or Matt? Matt Damon! (Especially in the Bourne trilogies)

YMC 3: Jack oâ€™ lantern teeth or hairy hands? Hairy hands!

YMC 4: Heidi or Spencer? I would say neither, but if I must choose, it would be Heidi just as long as she doesn’t sing and raise her hand like she’s praising the lord or something. Spencer just pisses me off every time he speaks.

YMC 5: Werewolf or vampire? Vampires, because they can be hot! and they dress better

YMC 6: Cup of coffee with? Hmm… I guess my last living Grandparent, my grandma, in the Philippines. I’ve never met her before.

YMC 4: Heidi or Spencer? I think this is the hardest one since they’re both so annoying. But I have to choose, so I’m going with Heidi.

YMC 5: Werewolf or vampire? Vampire.

YMC 6: Cup of coffee with? SJP!!!!

YMC 7: (insert dream job here); Unitard or Hammer Pants? My dream job is to be a makeup artist for celebrities. I would wear hammer pants and convince everyone they are a fashion statement (remember Joey’s man purse in a “Friends” episode? Same concept, LOL).

After you refine your story idea and do some background research, you’ll have to write your pitch and then send it to the magazines that you think would be a good fit.

A good place to start would be the Writer’s Market guide, which is a listing of magazines along with submission and contact information. It’s also available online.

One of the most useful books around that details entire process of is The Renegade Writer, by Linda Formichelli and Diana Burrell. Read it from cover to cover. They also host e-courses for writers, too, which you can read about on their blog.

Also, last but not least, prepare yourself to be rejected… A LOT. I actually keep all of my rejection notices is a big fat binder because apparently I am a masochist.

My favorite is a hand written one from Tia Williams (of Shake Your Beauty fame) from when she worked as an editor for Teen People, LOL. I hope to one day show it to her if we ever cross paths beauty blogging paths!

Good choice on going to coffee with Coco. I’d want to go with her, too, but only on the condition that I completely understood French so I could tell if she was making fun of my Adidas shelltoes and my ratty Old Navy sweatshirt.

YMC 1: Blush, be gone! Concealer is my reason for living.
YMC 2: Matt. Just because he looks like an old high school crush.
YMC 3: Hairy Hands.
YMC 4: *gag choke* That one’s a thinker. *sigh* I’ll have to go with Heidi. Spencer is just creep-o-rama.
YMC 5: Vampire!
YMC 6: ROGER DALTREY. I would forget about the coffee and just stare at him. I’ve got it bad for that old man.
YMC 7: As geeky as it sounds, being a librarian (but not just any librarian, a MUSIC librarian!) is my dream job. Both outfits are epic but I’ll have to STOP! HAMMER TIME! And I would be at the counter doing The Hammer Dance all day =p